Sanitary apron.



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CARL G. N EnsoN, or PITTSBURGH, rENNsYLvANIA.

l SANITARY Arnon.

Toall whom t may concern: I

Be it known that4 I, CARL Gr. NELSON, a

`citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Statev ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSanitary Aprons, of whichthe following is a specification, re e-rencebeing hadV therein tothe accompanying drawing.

which when the apron is'used, snugly engages the neck of a persom/toarrest hair" orv other foreign substance passing between'the undergarment and body of a person.

Further objects of this invention are to provide a sanitary apronv forbarbers usel which is simple in its construction and arrangement,conveniently positioned, eiicient in its use and inexpensive tomanufacture.

. lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consistsof the novel con-` struction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown anembodiment of the invention,but it is to'be understood Athat changes, variations and modificationsAcan be resorted to which follow within the scope-of the claim hereuntoappended.'

InV the drawings wherein .like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout theseveral views z-Figure' l is a specific view of asanitary-apron in acf cordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a.4 rearelevation broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspectivejview of the retainingmember for the body of the apron'. Fig. Lis a sectional detail. 4 p

A sanitary apron in accordance with this invention is. designed .to beusedjbut once, after which it is thrown away or destroyed, and -saidapron consists `of a rectangular' body portion 5 formed of paper andwhich has its upper portion, cent-rally thereof, pro- .vided with atapering neck opening 6, the opening 6 forms the topof the body 5wherein may be termed shoulderpieces 7 and 8 and the said shoulder'pieces'are adaptl. Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Dec, 28,1915, Application filed une 10, 1914. Serial No. 844,541.

ed t0 extend over the shoulders of the person to which the apron isattached.

Each of the rectangular edges of the neck -A opening 6, at theinnerportions of said edges, is provided with a longitudinal eX- tension9, which constitutes a retaining iiap for purposes to be presentlyreferred to.

Secured to the'inner face of the body portion 5 is a retaining member inthe form of a yoke and which is formed. of a suitable thin fabric. Saidretaining member taperl ing lfrom its'lower to its upper end andconsists of a base 10, and a pair of arms 1l and 12. The base 10 isixedly secured by a suit-- able adhesive to the inner face of the bodyportion 5 and the top edge of said base 10 isl flush with `the bottomedge of the opening 6. The inner face of each of the arms 11 and 12, fora portion'of its length, that is the inner portion, is iixedlysecured'to the .inner face of the body portion 5, by ya-suitableadhesive, and over-lapping the portions 4 of the arms 11 and 12 whichare secured to the bodyportion5, or the flaps v9. The flaps 9 aresecured by a suitable adhesiveto the arms 11 an/dlQ, the free portionsof the arms .11 and 12 which. are indicated at 13 and 14 constituteties, which are adapted to be tied together for the purpose ofconnecting thebody portion 5 to the person with whom the apron isemployed. A

Secured to the front face with the body portion 5 and extending up, aswell as being secured to-the flaps 9 and the basel() is a U-shaped pad15 which projects into the neck opening 6 at the inner portion thereofand when the body portion 5 is connected to a person, the said pad 15,snugly engages the neck of a persnto arrest passages of hair or otherforeign bodies, so that the hair will beprevented Ifromrpassing betweenthe un- What I claim is An apron of the class described comprising abody having a tapering neck opening der-garment and the body of theperson. l

continuing from the upper edge thereof, a

'secured to the .arms of the yoke member to said neck open- 11o furthersecure the latter to the body, a U- In testimony whereof I ax mysignature shaped pad engaged with the front face of n the presence oftwo Witnesses.

the body and bent around the edges of the CARL G. NELSON. f

neck opening to engage with the aps, and Witnesses:

extensions formed onthe arms of the yoke MAX H. SnoLovITz,

membel` to form ties for the apron. L. DUNN.

